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April fools update (Sunday, April 1st)
Timur @ 08:28 AM PST [link]
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Since Christophe humiliated me 24/7 I decided to write an update to satisfy his needs. There was some high level activity going on, so let's take a look...
I guess we should start with #2 Andy Lundeen . His AF stands at 2.650, barely .2 behind Seb. He cut a stunning 1.6 AF since the last update, which is very huge at his level. I don't think I ever saw someone at #2 with such a big AF cut. His PRs included several WRs, namely RMC1 44"40, RBC3 1'13"56, RDP2 1'07"93, LC Flap 18"81, LC 3lap 1'03"40, SL Flap 17"72, SGB 45"56, SG 44"31, RDP3 Flap 9"10, RDP3 5lap 59"63. That makes a total of 10 new World Records. In the WR tally, Seb still leads with a total of 41 WRs, followed by Andy with 24 WRs. If Seb doesn't make a surprising comeback, it's only a matter of day when Andy will claim #1 of the world. Be prepared! I should also mention that he jumped straight from Myth C to Myth A, being the second person ever to achieve this in MKSC history.
#9 Robert "Godfather of MKDS" Szabo sent some times in, only resulting in a 0.0375 AF cut. The cut would have been bigger if it wasn't for Andy nearly destroying the charts. Most of the top 10 suffered a ~ +0.1 AF cut.
Next in line is #25 Michael Vogt . His 2 point AF cut made him jump in front of veteran #26 Cole Gilbert. There's a small AF gap in front of him again with the next player being #24 Nicholas Harvey.
#31 Christophe Charignon feels like a pro because he overtook #32 Timur Ahmad with this update. What he does not know is that it's April 1st and we're all just hoarding times to pass him on April 2nd. He'll probably be outside of the top 100 soon enough. Enjoy it as long as it lasts!
#39 Jonathan Steel from the UK was active once again with a 3 point AF cut, joining the top 40. He's also close to getting Expert B and reaching out his hands to get a true Hero.
Austrian #53 Sebastian Wimmer pulls a "Usain Bolt" and runs through the bottom of the charts with the speed of light. An 8 point AF cut made him land well into the top 60, preparing for his next sprint into the top 50.
#68 Frederick Hutchington tried to imitate Sebastian Wimmer, but only managed to get a 7 point AF cut.
#71 Krystian Wieczorek tried to imitate him as well, but then he realized he can do ever better and scored a 16 point AF cut to jump 15 places. At this pace he'll surely be a rival to those active ones in front of him.
#98 Stefan glosby was scared to lose his top 100 spot because of all the activity, so he made some PRs for a small 1.5 AF cut.
Last but not least #100 James "Make me an Alien" Mekealian joined the top 100 with a 12 point AF cut.
Movements outside the top 100(feels good to say such a thing) include Stephen de Winter (-3.774).
New World Records
Well, there were 10 new records as stated above already.
RMC1 44"40 GOD
RBC3 1'13"56 GOD
RDP2 1'07"93 GOD
LC Flap 18"81 GOD
LC 3lap 1'03"40 GOD
SL Flap 17"72 GOD
SGB 45"56 GOD
SG 44"31 GOD
RDP3 Flap 9"10 GOD
RDP3 5lap 59"63 Newbie...no GOD of course
All driven by Andy Lundeen.
Awards
PoW for the secod week of March goes to Krystian Wieczorek for a good level of activity.
PoW for the third & fourth week of March go to Andy Lundeen for his WR madness.
PoM for April goes to Andy Lundeen for his crazy activity and WRs.
PoQ poll will be up soon(normally TvK takes care of this, so I bet he'll open a thread soon, otherwise I'll do it).
~Timur
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Will global heating cause MK tyres to be worn out faster? (Friday, March 9th)
Tom_v_K @ 09:17 AM PST [link]
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News
I know you all aren't interested in reading MK news. I know you're all waiting for me to speak about global heating. Well, I'll try to keep it simple. Global heating is caused by greenhouse gasses, which are produced because of human activities like deforestation and burning fossil fuels.
Actually this is what governments want us to know. The real reason of the climate changes is of course the steaming relationship between Zarkov and Honko. But don't tell anyone I told you.
Also this update only covers the March activity, because after some misunderstanding between the updaters, the AF charts were accidentily zeroed. I apologise to anyone that expected to be in this update and isn't now.
Movement
#2 Andy Lundeen must feel very lonely. It has already been a while since he passed #3 Mick, and from that moment he has been alone hovering between #3 Mick and #1 Seb. Let's see if he has the persistance to make his way to Seb's castle, and who knows, maybe even conquer it. Anyway, he also improved his own BC1 WRs. That makes a nice start to get the PR machine working again. But then, most importantely, he became the second player to reach the Myth B rank in ARR!
It had been some time snce we heard something from #9 Robert Szabo , but now he sent some PRs in again. His countryman Brutus still sits one spot above him, so at least that makes a nice goal for a comeback.
We go down the ladder and the next active player we meet is #38 Christophe Charignon . He still has the crazy idea of passing #35 TvK, but if he wants to achieve that, he might want to make bigger cuts than this week's.
#41 Jonathan Steel is the one Christophe should pay attention to. He wasn't able to pass anone this week, but his PRs made him reach the Expert C rank in ARR.
It was also good to hear something from #55 Benjamin Block again. His recent PRs weren't enough to cut some AF points, but a start is a start and the next few players are pretty close to eachother.
Austrian champion #57 Sebastian Wimmer made the biggest AF cut this week. He again passed a few players. His movement in ARR was nice as well, reaching the Advanced C rank.
And finally, it's #96 Stefan Glosby again. He nicely pulls himself out of the danger zone with a healthy 1.5 AF cut. But of course we expect him to do more than just saving his top 100 spot. Show us some true potential!
New Records
Two new records this week. Both by the same player and both on the same track. Andy Lundeen made 41"33 and 12"12 on the BC1 3lap and flap.
New Players
Yuri Fuzio from Italy joins with 2 RRR times. We hope to see a full timesheet eventually.
Awards
The POW award for the final week of February goes to Jonathan Steel for activity all week long.
The POW award for the first week of March goes to Andy Lundeen for two excellent WRs and becoming Myth B.
And finally, the POM award of February goes; just like last month, to Jonathan Steel. Jonathan flew up the charts this week, and went from Advanced B to Expert C!
Any suggestions for next week's educational foreword?
~TvK
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Mario Kart Economics (Wednesday, February 22nd)
Tom_v_K @ 12:20 PM PST [link]
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News
"TvK, you lazyass, go make an update", "Blame TvK for not making a news update", those are only one of the two countless comments I received the past week. But apparently nobody understands what's really going on. The econical crisis is everywhere. It has already taken down Greece. So now we're trying to prevent it from taken down our beloved site too. So now I present you: the two-week update! It's like a normal update, but then covering two weeks! Quite the invention, right? Ok, you'll have to wait longer for an update, but if you're really going to complain about that too...
On a serious note, I couldn't do last week's update because of my exams. But they're finished now and I passed all of them (yes, miracles do exist!) which means I'm totally in the updating mood again. Also the above paragraph is just crap, one-week updates ftw!
Movement
#10 Ben Allen fought his way back into the top 10, kicking out #11 Alan. His brand new PRs even include a 56"28 on RMC2, which also is the non-ZZMT world record. But ofcourse we have to encourage him to keep on going. The two Americans on the spots right above him should be his next victims.
The most steady activity comes from #21 Karel van Duijvenboden. He tried to mimic Ben's PRs by working on the same tracks and it payed of. His almost 0.5 AF cut was enough to get himself past #22 Simon and within striking distance of the top 20.
As usual, #26 Michael Vogt is still right in the middle of that same AF graveyard. He shows great persistance by again cutting almost an entire AF point. The biggest part of the graveyard isala behind him, so he starts to see the light and #25 Cole. Luckily, he is still able to improve in ARR reaching Hero D this week.
#38 Christophe Charignon must be the most skilled player in MKSC (or not). Despite constantly attacking me with words like lazybones, he still found some time to make some PRs, which helped him to pass #39 Andrea. Anyway, if he would do as much time updates as me, than he would never be only 2.5 AF points away from #35 TvK.
The up-and-coming star at the moment is #43 Jonathan Steel. His impressive 6 point AF cut saw him flying over 4 player and 1 AF graveyard. Maybe passing Christophe would be a nice goal for him (not that that is much challenge). On the ARR side, he became Expert D.
He's French, owns at SMK and has long hair? Correct, it's #56 Guillaume Leviach. Someone remind me to make the riddles a bit harder next week. He also followed Ben's activity, making PRs on the same tracks, and it looks very promising. If he would find the time to balance out his timesheet, he'd be shooting up the ranks.
#59 Sebastian Wimmer is someone who spent time on evening out his times and it worked. He didn't slow down after taking the Austrian crown, in contrary, it gave him a boost. He cut 11 AF points, moved up more than 10 places and became Advanced D.
A very small comeback from #83 Stephen Meakings didn't yet help him to cut AF, but at least he shows that he's still around.
And last but not least we see #98 Stefan Glosby fighting his way back into the top 100. But ofcourse he'll have to keep improving to reach a safe position.
Ethan McCormac and James Mekealian continue to fill their timesheet.
New Players
No
New Records
Yes! Oh wait I meant no. Don't blame me, blame the toppies.
Awards
I even get to award two POWs this week. Better take my roulette to randomly decide them. Thiese two weeks it aren't the top players who got them, even though Ben would come in second on both weeks.
Th POW for the second week of February goes to Jonathan Steel for constant activity to pass sevral players.
The POW for the third week of February goes to Sebastian Wimmer for a rapid climb up he charts.
Next week we'll discus global warming
~TvK
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MKSC more like SMKSC (Thursday, February 9th)
Tom_v_K @ 11:29 AM PST [link]
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News
What can I say? Solid activity, several movements on the AF chart and a lot of snow. Maybe the cold will inspire people to play Snow Land or one of the Vanilla Lake tracks. Also the SMK players are slowly taking over the MKSC site. Will they be able to break the dominating generation? All this tension and more, you'll only find it here.
Movement
Once again it is #11 Ben Allen, who tops the activity chart this week. He proves that not being satisfied with your times is the best drug to keep on improving. This week's AF cut saw him pass #12 GAS and now he can already smell the sweet scent of the top ten, only half an AF point away from him.
#22 Karel van Duijvenboden, also known as KVD (for obvious reason, come on just try to read his last name), slowed down a bit this week. He still cut some AF, but he falls 0.15 AF point short of passing #21 Simon. I'm sure this is just Chris' fault because he failed to write his name properly after 5-6 tries.
Armed with silver bullets and garlic, #26 Michael Vogt is ready to take on the huge AF graveyard is facing. Even though he cut almost 2 AF points this week, the end of the graveyard is still not in sight. But we know Michi's persistance will eventually pull him through. Luckily he can still aim for some rank promotions in ARR, coming pretty close to Hero D.
January POM #47 Jonathan Steel wants to prove that the award wasn't just a lucky shot. This week his new PRs helped him pass MK64 god #48 TJL and the next couple of players are within reach. He'll probably also be aiming to become the next Expert player.
#57 Guillaume Leviach is another one of those invading SMK players. His AF cut was rather small this week, but his cuts on RRR were way more impressive. This week, his new time even reached rank 7. Imagine him paying as much attention on every other track. I don't even dare to think what would happen then...
The brand new country champion of Austria is #69 Sebastian Wimmer. With his recent improvements he managed to pass #72 Jelencitis to become the number one of his country. Let's hope he isn't satisfied yet, because we'd like to see where his skill may bring him.
Last, ut certainly not least is the player on the coolest position of the charts. Ok, maybe the second coolest position after #1 Seb, but #100 Stefan Glosby can proudly tell everyone that he's in the top 100 of the world. But of course new players might cause him to lose his cool position, so he is nicely improving his weaker times to secure his rank.
New Players
None
New Records
Nope, the top players are too busy updating
Awards
A close one again this week, but improvements are harder when you're near the top of the rankings. For almost regaining his spot in the top 10, Ben Allen gets the Player of the Week award of the first week of February.
If Chris and Andy get a day off, would they make us some WRs?
~TvK
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Zwiebel is German for onion, TvK is Dutch for awesome (Friday, February 3rd)
Tom_v_K @ 11:07 AM PST [link]
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News
As usual, the title is probably the most educational part of this news update. The other 99% of this update consist of useless, boring stats about some game named Mario Kart: Super Circuit. I'd love to see the look on everyone's face now actually. On a serious note, we have seen a pretty active January, with that trend hoping to continue in February.
Movement
#12 Ben Allen can call himself the highest ranked active player this week, making 3 new flap PRs. Those times bring him within half an AF point of #11 GAS, setting a nice goal for the next month.
Recent comeback star and SMK champ #22 Karel van Duuuijveeenbooodeeeen (all credits to Chris, teaching me the right way write his name) continues the strong pace he started last week. This week he passed 1 player, and the next 2 and the top 20 aren't far off either. His PRs also made him Hero B this week.
Another one who is improving very fast is #26 Michael Vogt (this reminds me, we should quickly kick him out of our rivalry, he's getting way too good). He passed 2 players, including fellow POY 2011 candidate Nicola and now faces probably the biggest AF graveyard on the AF ladder. Next to his GBA, silver bullets and garlic are recommended passing this one. He also finally became the 30th Hero on the site.
#48 Jonathan Steel still doesn't show a sign of slowing down. He overcame both an AF graveyard and 1 player to land at the 48th spot this week, in addition to becoming Advanced A. A nice next goal should be getting his AF under 50 points.
The second SMK toppie with a comeback is #57 Guillaume Leviach. Despite still being ranked pretty low, he showed some of his true potential this week, hitting his first top 10 time on RRR 5lap. He also reached Advanced C in ARR, and only barely missed out on the next rank. Keep an eye on this one.
#72 Sebastian Wimmer is winning the battle against #87 Krystian Wieczorek. The Austrian karter cut over 5 AF points again this week, while Polish Krystian cut a smaller 1 point. Even though there are 15 places between them, the difference in AF is still only 10 points. With a some strong PRs, Krystian should be able to turn up the heat in this battle again.
Finally, Ethan McCormac is slowly but surely filling the holes in his timesheet. Keeping this pace, he should be on the AF chart by 2016. Just kidding Ethan, great quality PRs. Keep up the good work.
New Players
A new guy this week! It is James Mekealian from the USA who joins the site with only 4 PRs, but it's a start. I'm eagerly expecting more PRs from him in the next weeks.
New Records
Nope
Awards
It's the end of the month, so I can award both a POW and a POM.
This week, the award goes to the player with both the biggest AF and ARR cut. For this achievements and for getting a great top 10 time, the POW for the fourth week of January goes to Guillaume Leviach.
The player of the month award goes to a player who was active every week, but unfortunately didn't get any POW. For being the most active player, for showing some very nice potential and for moving up more than 10 positions, the Player of the Month award for January goes to Jonathan Steel.
Now go update those new times, Christophe, you lazybones
~TvK
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News Update? Must be joking? (Saturday, January 28th)
Tom_v_K @ 12:10 PM PST [link]
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News
Joking? You think news updates are a joke? No, they aren't, even though there haven't been many of them lately. But exams are over and I'm fully back. With I, I mean TvK. Tvwho? Yes it seems like I've been away for ages but as I said I'm 24/24 back.
For the actual news and not my crappy personal stories that nobody cares about, the activity went up a lot. Also the POY award for 2011 was awarded. So I am proud to announce that Andy Lundeen is the player of the year 2011! Congrats.
By the way this update covers the activity between last update and January 21st. Last week of January will be covered in the next update.
Movement
#2 Andy Lundeen the fresh 2011 POY is slowly but surely closing in on site champ Seb. His newest WR on Luigi Circuit 3lap certainly helped him this week. Myth B is still so close yet so far on his level.
#7 Florian Chollet made 1 PR this week, a top 10 time on RR. Unfortunately it wasn't enough to cut some AF.
Another high active karter this week was #22 Karel Van Duijvenboden (yes I think I wrote it right). His comeback, with the final goal being the Dutch crown, has already made him pass 2 players. With steady improving, the top 20 should only be a matter of days. Also the Hero B standard is very close.
POY 2011 candidate #29 Michael Vogt is aiming for a shot at the 2012 POY. He sent in only 4 PRs, but he realised an AF cut of 1pt. He passed drunk Irish Santa robman, and the four next players are easily within reach as well. On the ARR side, Michael is 2 improvements away from becoming the 30th Hero on our site.
#40 Christophe Charignon is aiming for a site ban. His recent PRs don't only give him a decent AF cut to crawl out of the AF graveyard he's in right now, and they aren't only giving him a clear shot at passing his rival #38 Andrea, but they are also bringing him dangerously close to #35 TvK and #32 Onion. Stay tuned for the outcome.
MKDD veteran #49 Jonathan Steel is on fire. He cut almost 5 AF points to pass 6 six karters and land well inside the top 50. He also became the latest Advanced B player and even almost made his way all the way through to Advanced A.
Down at the ladder, we see an interesting battle between #80 Sebastian Wimmer and #88 Krystian Wieczorek (the MKSC news updating team is not responsible for writing errors). Krystian joined higher and made a few PRs to move up 2 spots, but Sebastian went totally chraizy (unintended pun) with a 13 pt AF cut, shooting up to #80.
New Players
None
New Records
As mentioned above, Andy Lundeen made a new WR on Luigi Circuit 3lap: 1'03"58!
Awards
Pretty hard one to decide this week, but the PoW award for the third week of January goes to Karel Van Duijvenboden for his nice comeback.
News updates aren't a joke, they're a way of life
~TvK
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Some wounds never heal, do they? (Sunday, January 15th)
Timur @ 08:03 AM PST [link]
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Back in business, I hope you're all fine and had a good start of the year!
#2 Andy Lundeen finished 2011 with 2 World Records on BC1: 41"40 and 12"15 (both GOD times). He also played some Rainbow Road and finished at an AF of 4.5 (0.5 AF cut). On a side note, he'll be our second Myth B player ever if he continues like that, he's 0.2 ARR points away from reaching that target.
Next active player was #7 Florian Chollet . He returned from inactivity with 2 non-zzmt records on RRR with times of 1'10"95 and 12"08. Keep it up!
#12 Ben Allen took a short rest from F-Zero and drove a 12"20 on RRR which is ranked #10.
#30 Michael Vogt continues his rise from 2011 with a 0.06 AF cut...I bet you can do better next week!
#40 Christophe Charignon is right in the middle of an AF graveyard, which is always hard to pass. A 0.7 AF cut brought him closer to close the gap, but he still has 2 AF points to go. Should get quiet a bit easier to pass people after he achieved this challenge!
Newcomer from last week #55 Jonathan Steel proved that he's as hard as steel with a 3 point AF cut, he only passed 1 person though.
At #90 we find a newcomer! #90 Krystian Wieczorek from Poland joined us at #90 and already made an AF cut of 3 AF points. He already has some really impressive times like RCI1 45"66 ranked #24. Looking forward to his progress!
Last but not least we have #94 Sebastian Wimmer who joined the top 100 with a massive 23 point AF cut. The Austrian Champ is at #70, so he still has some way to go if he wants to achieve that title!
New World Records
Andy Lundeen got the 2 last World Records of 2011 on BC1 with times of 41"40 and 12"15.
New players
We welcome #90 Krystian Wieczorek from Poland and Alexandre Dauvel from France, who only submitted 2 Peach Circuit times for now ranked ~160
Awards
It wasn't that active, so players further down had the chance to get it. First week's PoW goes to Christophe Charignon for constant quality PRs, second week PoW to Sebastian Wimmer for joining the top 100 with an impressive AF cut.
See you next time
~Timur
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